White House: Daschle's Tax Failure Was a 'Serious Mistake'

The concern is that President Obama promiced nominees that would be above the fray.  Paying ones taxes is a basic show of civil responcibility.  Surly there is someone in America that can pass the basic tests of being a law abiding citizen

"Nobody's Perfect" is the line Americans were given by the Obama administration when asked about another fraudulent case of tax evasion by the Obama nominees. It is bad enough that nominees Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, and Timothy Geithner have all had major ethic issues, but another one! Tom Daschle will most likely be appointed to Secretary of Health and Human Services (Welfare) even after not paying $128,000 in taxes and another $12,000 in interest! But if you are concerned about this I have two answers for you: Obama's Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs said "It was a serious mistake..." and Tom Daschle himself "apologized". Doesn't that make you feel better...

Yeah, it did not work for me either.

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That is a good point as I have read arguments that Nanny's and just being a woman were part of the problems there.  NPR had a fantastic show on the issue that men get a pass, while woman see to have to live by a much higher standard to become a nominee.  A real issue.  Surley there are more woman in America who should be in the congress and senate.

The IRS does seize all assets of the John and Jane Do's and at times does even throw them in Jail and the elite can be forgiven and even rewarded?

What sort of Justice is that? The top has to be treated harder then the bottom and not the other way around. I was at one point in favour of Obama and supported his candidacy until I started paying attention to his speeches and now his actions. I did say it earlier and again the US need some one like Colin Powel or Barbara Rockefeller  and I am certainly not conservative.

Zoe Baird, Linda Chavez? Hmm... could it be that "tax issues" are only a problem if you are a woman?  Yep, I just said that! ;)

But seriously, the entire thing is pretty unacceptable and makes it hard for the government to complain if average citizens have a tax "oversight."

I would hope so! Though they seem hard to come by, for some reason.

I have to wonder if this was accidental or donedeliberately.

If these Obama appointees had any sense of honor they would voluntarily withdraw their names.  When a citizen does what these politicians does, they go to prison. When a democrat polictician does it they get an Obama cabinet position.  This is NOT the change I voted for.  I am disgusted by this.

Hey, I didn't vote, so I don't have to feel bad.

I believe that Obama had to be president because Bush alienated libs and conservatives alike. Hell, I am a centrist and both my "sides" were unhappy, very unhappy, at the second term in particular.

Obama is afraid. That is the truth. He has the power but he doesn't have the juice. He is a real bourgeoise man, a man who played at being "revolutionary" but married an Ivy League graduate, a fellow lawyer, and moved into a big house.

This is not really a "man of the people", not in the way people think. He has a genuinely nice side but his background is extremely protected. Clinton, like him or not, he is a man of the people.

 Obama was passed up and groomed by a bunch of half-devils such as Rev Wright and Rezko who never rarely fixed any slum buildings up, and, if he did, they had no heat in the winter.

He's already talked about what happens if he can't fix the problem: being a one-term prez, and he hasn't been in office a month yet.

When you trumpet all those criticisms, you end up having to live up to them yourself, and he knows that he can't deliver and please a lot of people at the same time.

I do have faith that he just might take on China and the trade deficit. That is the key to our problem.

If we have a trade balace, it is because we make more stuff here. When we make more stuff here, wages go up and tax revenues go up and deficits go down. Profits may not be al that wonderful but they will be there.

I was just getting over Tim Geithner's tax issues and now this.  Still, somehow, I find Tom Daschle's explanation more palatable than Tim Geithner's excuses--Tom Daschle sounds like he really did work with his accountant whereas Geithner sounded liked he was lying about the errors that he later "found" with his accountant's work.

great start. Nothing changed except hope that he will be a better president. But corruption continues and Lobbying continues, and the same pork is being fed to the bottom feeders and here we go again..

One part of the tax issue, The automobile,  I can understand.  It is a difficult part of the tax code.  That is the part the spin doctors are emphasizing.  The other part, Mr. Daschle failure to  report $83,333 in consulting income in 2007.  Consulting  is something that anyone who pays taxes would know is income.  Additionally he attempted to deduct as charitable contributions organizations that did not qualify under IRS standards as charity.  That is the part of the Nominee's tax issues that are being down played. That is what we call, 'politics as usual'. 

The reason polititions hire Public relations firms with expertise in crisis management is so they can spin the news so one hears about the automobile, that anyone can make a mistake on, and buries the story about income and charity that most folks who have a basic understanding of the tax code would indentify as an attempt to evade taxes. 

It shows that Elitists believe they live by another standard.  You would think democrats, who believe the answer to all of our problems is government control would be happy to pay all of their taxes  VP Biden who gives next to nothing to charity told Americans its time to be patriotic.  Pay taxes is Patriotic andits time to get on board.

I am just wondering, when i had a tax issue some years ago, sorry wasn't enough.  The IRS was going to sieze my assetts, freeze my accounts, and have a fire sale.  Guess I am not an elitist.  My issue was due to my IRA holder not checking a box.  That mistake out the IRS I attack mode and guess what, sorry it wasn't my fought didn't play.

Same old, Same old. Nothing changes except the man/woman in office. All the change that is getting done is that now the unions, labor, and democrats are getting large pieces of the pie. Now that's change. I think they call it bait and switch.

Ummmm. 

Roy,

I am a fiscal conservative and felt like I had a thorn in my right side for 8 years. Let along some loss of personal Liberty. Folks really thought that all conservatives were in lock step with President Bush... not so.